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Understanding Solenoid Valves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever thought of the machinations that take place every single time you start your car using your car keys? Or maybe, how the doorbell in your house makes that sound with just a touch of a button? Maybe you are also thinking about how the irrigation network in your house, wakes up and waters your lawn at the same moment daily?

 

 

 

 

 

All of these amazing, simple things are possible because of an electromagnetic apparatus which is actually just a little wire coil. The formal name of this small wonder is solenoid valve.

 

 

 

 

 

Solenoid valves of the site at info@hvacbrain.com are quite known in their use because they have the ability to convert electricity into another energy, mechanical, which will further result into a magnetic reaction. At every instant that an electric current runs and comes into a near proximity from the wire, this event is triggered. If you look at the solenoid valve, you will immediately notice how much its look resembles that of a corkscrew, and it is usually put into an iron piston for it to work. It works in a similar way to a plunger, and once motion is introduced to it, any device or system connected to it can be turned on. After a stimulation on the solenoid valve, the armature gets pulled by the resulting magnetic field and its direction is usually opposite that of the spring's direction - this can work whether it is plunger or even pivoted. And once the stimulation ends, the pivoted or plunger armature will then return to its primary position that in the coil.

 

 

 

 

 

There are plenty of practical applications for the solenoid valve. Earlier in the article, it was mentioned that the solenoid valve is the main component that turns on any car, cause a sprinkler system to turn on at the precise moment that it is scheduled, and even get a doorbell up and sounding. Further, any fluid or hydraulic system that needs activation will also benefit from a solenoid valve component. Solenoid valves are also very important in home based systems or appliances, such as the central heating unit of any household and every other water or air based device or machine in your house. Basically, the purpose of the solenoid valve is to mix the various air or water, expel or even turn off many kinds of devices and machine systems.

 

 

 

 

 

Since there are a variety of outlet port connections that each Siemens MXG461.15-1.5U solenoid valve can have, their sizes are not always constant. There are solenoid valves that only have two ports in them, while many have more than two. The main function of solenoid valves with two ports is to allow the person to turn the device or machines on or off. The current flow on the outlet ports can be better controlled if the valves used have more than two ports.